Like life imprisonment
Borderline personality disorder has long been considered chronic and almost impossible to treat. Numerous neuroscientific findings now speak against this assumption. In those affected, they reveal peculiarities in the information processing of the brain that can be changed.
Anyone who is ill and receives a diagnosis often finds it very stressful. On the one hand, this is due to the symptoms themselves, but on the other hand, it is also due to the prejudices that are widespread in society regarding an illness and the stigmatization that those affected experience. Especially in the case of mental disorders, for example, the assumption persists that one is responsible for the illness oneself.
There are many prejudices against so-called personality disorders. This refers to persistent changes in thinking, experiencing and behavior that mostly begin in early adolescence. The considerable difficulties that those affected have in their everyday life and in dealing with other people are often perceived less as an actual illness and more as a character weakness.
About one to three percent of the population live with borderline personality disorder. You have to struggle with strong mood swings, with intense emotions such as anger, but also with the tormenting feeling of inner emptiness. They often find it difficult to control their impulses, which can manifest itself in binge eating or drug use. They often harm themselves or even attempt suicide. In addition, they react very sensitively and violently to the slightest sign of rejection and are very afraid of being abandoned by their partner or other important people. Your relationships with other people can be very intense and at the same time very unstable. They are marked by conflict. The self-perception of those affected is similarly variable.
